# Every-day Science: Volume 7. The Conquest of Time and Space

Author: Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943; Williams, Edward Huntington, 1868-1944

Genre: Category: History - Modern (1750+)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43819

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Every-day+Science%3A+Volume+7.+The+Conquest+of+Time+and+Space+Williams&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Geographical knowledge of the ancient Egyptians, p. 5--The mariner's compass, p. 7--Reference to the thirty-two points of the compass by Chaucer, p. 9--Halley's observations on the changes in the direction of the compass in a century, p. 10--Deviation of the compass, p. 11--The voyage of the _Carnegie_, the non-magnetic ship, p. 12--The "dip of the needle" first observed by Robert Norman, p. 13--The modern compass invented by Lord Kelvin, p. 14--Sailing by dead reckoning, p. 14--The invention of the "log," p. 15--The modern log, p. 17--The development of the sextant, p. 18--The astrolabe, p. 19--The quadrant invented by Hadley, p. 20--The perfected sextant, p. 21--Perfecting the chronomet...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/16/index.md)
- [VOLUME VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/every-day-science-volume-7-the-conquest-of-time-and-space-43819/chapters/1/index.md)